project 01 Smite 2

Unique Character UI Designs

Programs used:
Figma, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/AE, UE5

task:

Create an 80x80 UI element to help players keep track of resources/buffs quickly during match
To take complex design systems and make them easy to understand no matter how familiar you are with playing each God.

pain points:

The classic term for these in Smite 1 is Passive meters, even if the UI is not showing input from the passive ability
Changing a God's theming to much between 1 and 2 had to be interpreted as a clear improvement

Research Plan

How did this God work in 1?
What has changed in 2?
What is the most important data to convey? If multiple in what order?
How can we use the UI to enhance the theme?
What other way could we ________ ?

Design Exploration:

The goal of the Design for Jing Wei was to update her passive to have 2 different types of ammo.

Jing Wei Mockups:

Derailed:

As final art was sent to my artist Design got feedback to change the design. Instead of 2 ammo resources they wanted 1 ammo that you could store multiple stacks of.